Coal-fired pizza facts for kids
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Coal-fired pizza is a special kind of pizza that is cooked in an oven heated by burning coal. This cooking method is very popular for New York-style pizza and New Haven-style pizza. Coal ovens get incredibly hot, which cooks the pizza very quickly and gives it a unique taste.
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How Coal Ovens Make Pizza Special
A coal-fired oven can reach temperatures of about 900 degrees Fahrenheit (480 degrees Celsius). This extreme heat cooks a pizza in just two to five minutes! The high temperature helps the crust become crispy on the outside while staying soft on the inside. It also gives the pizza a slightly smoky flavor that many people enjoy.
Where Can You Find Coal-Fired Pizza?
Coal-fired pizza ovens are most common in the Northeastern United States. However, you can find them in other places too. For example, Black Sheep Pizza in Minneapolis was the first to use a coal-fired oven there. URBN in San Diego also has one.
As of 2007, there were only a few coal-fired ovens in the Western United States. Most of these were part of a pizza chain in Arizona, with one more in Las Vegas.
More recently, a place called Coal Fire Oven opened in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is the only coal-fired oven in Eastern Canada and is known for its delicious coal-fired pizza and wings. They even make frozen coal-fired pizzas now!
The growing popularity of coal-fired pizza has been good for companies that supply anthracite coal. Most of these suppliers are in Pennsylvania's Coal Region.
What About Emissions from Coal Ovens?
Some people have wondered about the things that come out of coal-fired pizza ovens when coal burns. These can include tiny particles, sulfur dioxide, and CO2, which is a greenhouse gas. Scientists study these emissions to understand their effects.
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New Haven-style pizza cooked in a coal-fired oven at Sally's Apizza
